Final Journey - The Untold Story of Funeral Trains (Paperback)

This new history reveals the previously untold story of why and how trains have been used to transport the dead, enabling their burial in a place of significance to the bereaved. Profusely illustrated with many images, some never previously published, Nicolas Wheatley's work details how the mainline railways carried out this important yet often hidden work from the Victorian age to the 1980s, as well as how ceremonial funeral transport continues on heritage railways today. From royalty, aristocrats and other VIPs (including Sir Winston Churchill and the Unknown Warrior) to victims of accidents and ordinary people, Final Journey explores the way in which these people travelled for the last time by train before being laid to rest.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Nicolas Wheatley
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-9433-0
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Trains & railways: general interest Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-7509-9433-9
Barcode:	9780750994330

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